The Hospital contained 85 beds, a Diagnostic X-ray Department, a
Radiotherapy Department with two 6 meV linear accelerators, and a
Pathology Department. It had cost about £750,000 to build
and was the first phase of a building plan.

In 1968 a 22-bedded sterile ward was built, primarily for the treatment of patients with leukaemia.

The second stage of the building plan,
which provided another 90 beds and further research and training
facilities, was built in the 1970s.

In November 2015 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visited the state-of-the-art research
facilities in the West Wing and the new purpose-built Centre for Molecular Pathology, funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

In March 2015 it was announced that a Maggie's Centre would be built in the grounds of the Hospital. The Centre is due to open early in 2017.

In February 2016 it was announced that a new centre for cancer research and treatment - the London Cancer Hub
- would be established on the Hospital site, covering some 265,000
square metres (doubling the current space). The Hub would bring
together 10,000 scientists, clinical and support staff
specialising in cancer research, treatment, education and enterprise.

In April 2016 a leaked report, commissioned in August 2014 by NHS
England, suggested that children's cancer care should be consolidated
on one site - the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. This would indicate closure of the Oak Centre for Children and Young People.

N.B. Photographs obtained in August 2008

The approach driveway from Downs Road.

The East Wing of the Hospital was built in 1962. The West Wing is shown in the distance, beyond the main entrance.

The main entrance.
The side entrance on Cotswold Road for The Institute of Cancer Research, which occupies some of the old buildings on the site.
N.B. Photograph obtained in October 2011

The Oak Centre for Children and Young People is in the South Wing, to the west of the main entrance.